"He pretty much told me he trusted me and he had to tell me a story," Morrish testified.

Murphy allegedly told Morrish that his ex-wife sent a man to his house months earlier and the man attacked him. Murphy said he tried fighting back and eventually shot the man with a .22-caliber rifle. He then retrieved a higher-powered rifle and shot him again.

Morrish testified Murphy told him he wanted to dispose of the body, so he tried to cut it up with a reciprocating saw in his shed. However, he stopped when a neighbor looked outside their window.

The body remained in the shed, wrapped in plastic and blankets, until April when Murphy allegedly tried to enlist Morrish's help.

"I got to get rid of this, it's starting to smell," Morrish testified Murphy told him. He added that Murphy told him he poured gas around the shed to try and cover the smell.

Murphy told Morrish he wanted to dump the body in a county park near the Genesee-Lapeer county line.

Initially, Morrish said he thought Murphy was joking. But, when Murphy asked him for help again the next day, he took Murphy's keys and looked in the locked shed.

That is where he found Parks' body.

An autopsy report said Parks died of multiple gunshot wounds. There was nothing in the autopsy to note if Parks' body was dismembered, said Murphy's attorney, Barry Wolf.

Morrish said he went to the Davison police station to report what he found. Ultimately, police responded, discovered the body and arrested Murphy.

Davison Township Lt. Christi Markwardt testified previously that Parks' mother contacted her in March to file a missing person report about her son. Police were told that Parks, who was a heroin addict, had a girlfriend in Clarkston. But, they were also pointed to Murphy's home as a possible location of the missing man.

Markwardt said she visited Murphy's home the same day to check out the information, but she wasn't allowed inside the residence.

"He stated he last seen Daniel in approximately 4-5 weeks," Markwardt said she was told by Murphy.

Murphy added that Parks left the home with a friend Murphy didn't know.